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Grammar and Linguistics > Knock on the door/at the door?
Knock on the door/at the door?
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blunderbuster
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Knock on the door/at the door?
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Hi,
I am wondering if there is a difference between the two examples above.
Hope you can help. Thanks.
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1 Nov 2010
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el_profe55
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Hello @blunderbuster,
�Knock at the door � would be used to describe what you do when you want someone to come to the door as in: We walked up the drive and knocked at the door but there was no one there. � �Knock on the door � is what you actually do when you make the sound of your fingers/hand/fist on the door.
hope it helps! Alex Carr |
1 Nov 2010
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blunderbuster
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That �s what I thought ("knock on wood").
Thank you.
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1 Nov 2010
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Vickiii
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I would go knock on the door. I would say "Someone is at the door" I wouldn �t actually say "I will go knock at the door" doesn �t sound right - but then I am pretty informal sort of person.
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1 Nov 2010
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yanogator
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In the US, we almost exclusively say "knock on the door". Sometimes, with the noun "knock", we use "at", as in "There was a knock at the door" or "I heard a knock at the door", but even in that, "on" is more common.
Bruce |
1 Nov 2010
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edrodmedina
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@yanogator... Thanks for your help w/the math question. I shudda known. |
1 Nov 2010
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blunderbuster
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Thank you for all these wonderful answers!
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1 Nov 2010
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